Department of Health

Restorative Roots Recovery owns the only licensed male recovery houses in Luzerne County. While the owners have plans to grow, the federal government looks to shrink funding for recovery services.

Today, Pennsylvania’s governor wants more money for rural hospitals while other health programs are worried about federal cuts. And as egg prices remain high, we look for some breakfast alternatives.

The Trump administration’s recent cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services included billions of dollars in grants to the states. Gov. Josh Shapiro joined a multistate lawsuit against the administration, resulting in a temporary pause on the cuts. But Luzerne and Lackawanna county officials are left waiting on money that may not come.

Avian influenza poses a low risk to humans, the Centers for Disease Prevention (CDC) reports, but officials in Pennsylvania are not taking chances as cases appear in other states.

'There weren't teachers in the classrooms,' Lackawanna Trail superintendent says of wave of sickness that infected Northeast Pennsylvania and tore through his district.

Outgoing Congressman Matt Cartwright calls on Pennsylvania’s Department of Health to conduct an investigation into a now closed Olyphant plant that may have caused a cancer cluster.

Winter is coming. And with colder weather comes sicknesses. People spend more time indoors and increase the chance to spread diseases. Representatives from the state stopped in Lackawanna County on Thursday to encourage all citizens, especially older adults, to get three vaccines before the holidays.